When Mary Lennox's parents die from cholera in India, the spoiled orphan is transplanted to her uncle's 600-year-old gloomy and secretive estate in England. She is certain that she is destined for misery at Misselthwaite Manor. When Mary meets the old groundskeeper, he is the first to tell her what he thinks of her: ""We was wove out of th' same cloth. We're neither of us good lookin' an' we're both of us as sour as we look. We've got the same nasty tempers, both of us, I'll warrant."" However, Mary soon discovers an arched doorway into an overgrown garden that has been locked shut since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Fate grants Mary access to the secret garden and she begins transforming it into a thing of beauty--unaware that she, too, is changing.

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Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Treasure Island; The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow; Black Dog Appears and Disappears; The Black Spot; The Sea-chest; The Last of the Blind Man; The Captain's Papers; I Go to Bristol; At the Sign of the Spy-glass; Powder and Arms; The Voyage; What I Heard in the Apple Barrel; Council of War; How My Shore Adventure Began; The First Blow; The Man of the Island; Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned; Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat's Last Trip.

Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day's FightingNarrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade; Silver's Embassy; The Attack; How My Sea Adventure Began; The Ebb-tide Runs; The Cruise of the Coracle; I Strike the Jolly Roger; Israel Hands; "Pieces of Eight"; In the Enemy's Camp; The Black Spot Again; On Parole; The Treasure-hunt

Robert Louis Stevenson s rousing seafaring classic. " Fifteen men on a dead man s chest " "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! " For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, "Treasure Island" has never been surpassed. From young Jim Hawkins s first encounter with the sinister beggar Pew to the climactic battle with the most memorable villain in literature, Long John Silver, this novel has fired readers imaginations for generations. A rousing tale of treachery, greed, and daring, "Treasure Island" continues to enthrall readers of all ages."